The Dig: Assassin Nation w/ Patrick Blanchfield
On political violence: by the state, capital, the left, the right, and the alienated.
December 19, 2024
1 hr 59 min
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December 19, 2024
The Dig: Assassin Nation w/ Patrick Blanchfield
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<p>Featuring Patrick Blanchfield on assassination and political violence: from the routine to the extraordinary; authored by the state, capital, the left, the right, the unwell and alienated; as an anxiety, in our fantasies, as a morbid symptom and repetition compulsion; and as expressing distinctively American logics of domination and human disposability.</p>
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<p><em>The Dig</em>, hosted by Daniel Denvir, is a weekly interview podcast going deep into politics everywhere, from labor struggles and political-economy to imperialism and immigration.</p>
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